Curtain-pole.



No. 754,917. PATENTBD MAR. 15, 1904.

D. BREHM.

UU'RTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

W/ TN 5 SSE S r UNITED STATES Patented March 15, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

TO A. F. WENDEL, OF HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,917, dated March15, 1904.

Application filed September 5,1903. Serial No. 172,115. (No model-) Toall whom it .mrry concern.

Be it known that I, DANIEL BREHM, residing at Hazleton, in the county ofLuzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain- Poles, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in curtain-poles, and moreparticularly refers to the class of curtain-poles adapted to be used tohang lace curtains, lambrequins, portieres, and the like and appliedthereto without the use of tacks, hooks, pins, rings, screws, or

other similar fastening devices, and therefore be suspended withoutdanger of tearing or damaging the said curtains.

Such invention primarily has for its ob ect to provide a curtain-pole ofthis character of a simple, cheap, and economical construction which canbe easily manipulated and which the curtain therefrom.

Again, my'invention seeks to provide an improved curtain-pole of thecharacter disclosed in my copending application filed August 13, 1908,Serial No. 169,375.

With other objects in view, which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the invention consists in certain combination and peculiararrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail andthen specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspectiveView illustrating my invention as applied for use. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the pole. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 4: is aperspective View of a portion thereof. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on theline 5 5 'of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of aslightly-modified form of my invention. Fig. 7 is a crosssection thereofon the line 7 7 of Fig. 6.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals andletters of reference indicate hke parts in all the figures,

A designates a curtain-pole which consists,

essentially, of the pole proper or support 1, having a fiat upper face 1and to which support 1 at properly-spaced intervals I secure lugsor'pins 2 2, which are set radially to the longitudinal axial lineof thepole proper or support 1 and which have their free ends 2 2 bent.rearwardly, as at 2, to form a hinged portion, and stops for the eyes 3of the bars 3, hereinafter referred to.

Hingedly secured to the lugs or pins 2* 2 by the eyes 3 arecurtain-carrying bars 3, which are in the nature of elongated fiat bars,preferably rectangular in cross-section and running longitudinally withrespect to the support 1, and while I have shown two bars 8, yet Idesire it understood that I may use a single bar or more than two barswhenever occasion may demand. The bars 3 are so arranged as to lieflatwise against the upper flat face 1 of the support 1 in a horizontalplane and to project over the front side of the pole or support.

So far as describedthe manner in which my invention operates can be bestexplained by reference to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, from which it will beseen the operator throws the curtain end over the bar 3, after which thebar 8, together with the curtain C, is placed in position on thepoleproper, 1, the curtain 0 now being in the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 5, after which the free end 0 of the curtain C may bebrought up in back of the curtain-pole in the direction of the arrow :0and draped over the front and ends of the pole, as clearly shown in Fig.1 and in dotted lines in Fig. 5.

By constructing the pole in the manner shown and described it will bereadily seen that the downward pull of the curtain (see arrow 3 willserve to tightly bind the curtain against the flat face 1 of the supportor pole proper, 1, by reason of the bar 3 and its connection with thesupport 1, the curtain being held thereby in its adjusted position andprevented from becoming loose and twisted, since the greater thedownward pull on the curtain body G the tighter the bars 3 will hold thecurtain end in engagement with the upperface 1 of the support 1. Byconstructing the lugs 2 2 with the rearwardly-bent ends 2 2 the bars 3will not become accidentally disengaged therefrom, caused by a mere riseof the bars 3 whilein a horizontal plane and due to the thickness of thecurtain, but require the bars to be turned to the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 5 before they can be removed. Furthermore, the ends2 2 serve as a pivot or hinged portion for the bars 3.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a slightly-modi-. tied form of myinvention, in which I use bracket members 4, having L-shaped slots 1 tocooperate with the lugs 3 of the bars 3, and the said brackets 4 aresecured to the pole proper, 1, in any approved manner. In this form ofmyinvention the bracket members 4: are set on the rear portion of the polein such manner that the front edge Y of the bars 3 will when said barsare adjusted in the brackets 4. be in a vertical plane slightly in therear of the vertical plane of the front edge l of the support 1, and byreason of its construction the downward pull of the curtain-body" C willserve to force the bars 3 forward in the direction of the arrow .2 (seeFig. 7) to maintain the lugs 3 in the front edge P of the L- shaped slot1, and thereby prevent the accidental displacement of the bars 3, and atthe same time the pull of the curtain -body C (due to its weight) willhold the bars 3 with the curtain end portion a tightly pressed againstthe flat face 1 of the support 1.

Any suitable supporting means may be provided for attaching the poleproper or support 1 to the window-casing to hold it rigidly,

yet I prefer to use hooks E, (see Fig. 5,) having right-angled portionsto fit in the apertures a in the pole portion 1 as a supporting means,yet I desire it understood that any suitable form of pole support orbracket may be used to hold my improved curtain-pole in position on thewindow-casing, as the specific means of supporting the pole form no partof my present invention.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be seen that I provide a pole which canbe easily and cheaply manufactured and which is so constructed that thecurtain can be readily attached thereto and detached therefrom almostinstantaneously. Furthermore, by constructing the parts as shown anddescribed the curtain after it is hung with the bars 3 in position onthe pole proper can be the more easily adjusted and draped to suit thewishes and tastes of the operator than is possible in the ordinary formof curtain-pole using pins, hooks, &c., to attach the curtain thereto.

From the foregoing it is thought the ad vantages and complete operationof my invention 1 will be readily understood by those skilled in the artto which it appertains, and Idesirc it specifically understood thatslight changes and modifications in the detail arrangement of parts maybe made without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A curtain-fixture of the character de scribed, comprising asupporting-pole, a supplemental member for clamping the curtain onto thesaid pole, said supplemental member being hinged to the supporting-poleto drop down onto the upper surface thereof whereby to permit thecurtain being pulled over the upper and lower faces of the saidsupplemental member and to hang pendent from the outer or free endthereof and whereby a pull tension on that part of the curtain thathangs pendent from the supplemental member holdsthe said supplementalmember clamped against the upper face of the supporting-pole and clampsa portion of the curtain between it and the said'pole, for the purposesspecified.

2. A curtain-fixture of the character stated, comprising amain polemember, supplemental curtain-supporting members hingedly and removablymounted at one side of the main pole member, and adapted to lie in ahorizontal plane, and on the top of the main polememher for the purposesspecified.

3. In a curtain-fixtu re, a pole comprising an elongated rod having aflat horizontally-disposed upper face, supplemental flat curtaincarryingbars carried by said rod to lie in a plane parallel to the flat face ofthe rod with their outer or-free edge projected from the front side ofthe said rod whereby to clamp the curtain against the said flat face andpendently supporting it, for the purposes specified.

4.. In a curtain-pole, an elongated member having ahorizontally-disposed flat face, curtain-receiving bars, means carriedby the elongated member and the curtain-receiving bars for hingedly andremovably joining said bars to said elongated member, and said barsbeing adapted to lie in a horizontal plane and to project beyond thefront side of the elongated member.

5. In a curtain-pole, an elongated member' having ahorizontal]y-disposed' flat face, curtain-receiving bars, means carriedby the elongated niember and the curtain-receiving bars for hingedly andremovably joining said bars to said elongated member, and said barsbeing adapted to lie in a horizontal plane, said means including lugs orpins carried by the elongated member and eyes carried by thecurtain-receiving bars, for the purposes specified.

6. In a curtain-fixture, comprising an elongated rod having an upperhorizontally-disposed flat face running lengthwise thereof,radially-disposed suitably-spaced pins secured to the said rod at therear thereof, a supple- IO to the said rod at the rear thereof, asupplemental curtain-receiving bar having eyes for. cooperating Withsaid pins mounted on said rod to lie in a plane parallel to the flatface of the rod, said bar being adapted to carry a curtain, and to holdthe curtain between the bars 5 and the flat face of the rod.

' DANIEL BREHM. Witnesses:

W. T. KELLEY, JOHN J. KELLEY.

